κραιπάλη
kraipálē · G2897 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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drunken dissipation
Drunken behavior which is completely without moral restraint
ExamplesLuke 21:34 “But be on your guard, so that your hearts will not be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life, and that this day will not come on you suddenly, like a trap;
How it’s used In 1 role
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Near synonyms 3 words
- μέθη méthē · G3178 · to be drunk, drunkenness
- μέθη denotes the state of drunkenness itself, while κραιπάλη focuses on the aftereffects (hangover) and the dissipated lifestyle associated with habitual drinking; both overlap in the semantic domain of excessive alcohol consumption
- κῶμος kōmos · G2970 · orgy, revelling, carousing
- κῶμος refers to the festive, riotous behavior of a drinking party or revel, while κραιπάλη emphasizes the hangover and dissipated condition resulting from such excess; both denote aspects of drunken excess
- οἰνοφλυγία oinophlygía · G3632 · drunkenness
- οἰνοφλυγία denotes excessive wine-drinking as a habitual practice, while κραιπάλη focuses on the resulting hangover and dissipated state; both refer to alcohol-related excess
Contrasting words 1 word
- σωφροσύνη sōphrosýnē · G4997 · to have sound judgment, to be sensible, to use good sense
- σωφροσύνη denotes self-control and sound judgment, the opposite of the lack of restraint and dissipation characteristic of κραιπάλη
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Drunken dissipation88.286
- κραιπάλη names the dissipation and debauchery associated with drunkenness. Luke 21:34 warns, “be on your guard, so that your hearts will not be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life,” the κραιπάλῃ naming this dissipation believers are warned against.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (WH κρεπάλη, see their Appendix, p. 151), κραιπαλης, ἡ (from ΚΡΑΣ the head, and πάλλω to…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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